Telephone index mounting



Dec. 26, 1922.

H. R. ALBORNE.

TELEPHONE INDEX MOUNTING.

HLED MAY 13, 1921.

Patented Dec. 26, 1922..

HILTON n. Amso ann, or STILLWA'I'ER, ivirnnnso ra.

TELEPHONE INDEX MOUNTING.

Application filed May 13,

State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Telephone IndexMounting, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel combination between a telephone and atelephonevnumber index, the index being of a form to permit its beingmounted above the mouth piece of the telephone.

The various features of novelty of the invention will appear from thedetail description thereof taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming part of the specification.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation showing the index asapplied to an automatic telephone.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the index itself.

The index consists of a number of leaves or sheets of paper 10 securedat their upper edges to a stiff back 11 which, as shown in the drawing,extends below the lower edges of said sheets for a considerabledistance. The extending end of the back is perforated as at 12 to permitthe threaded end of the mouth piece 15. of the telephone to passtherethrouglr. The index is adapted to be secured to the telephone bybeing clamped between the front face or disk 16 of the telephone and themouth piece 15 which screws into said disk, the index properbeing abovethe mouth piece.

By supporting the index above the mouth piece insteadof below the same,a superior and more satisfactory arrangement is had. It is more directlyin the line of vision and hence the data thereon can be more readilyseen. Another important advantage is that the leaves of the index can belifted up and turned over to lie on the other sideof the back of theindex. This is an importantimprovement over indexes which are mounted orsup- .ant from the mouth piece.

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portedbetweenthe mouth piece and'thebase 17 of the telephone for in suchindexes it is, impossible or impracticable to turnthe index leaves over.In my index, it it is desired to expose a telephone number of a certainparty, the leaves can be swung up and over onto the other sideofthebacl; thus leaving the data exposed to easy observation during thecalling of that particular number, a result not obtainable when theindex is pend- "While the arrangement of the index above the mouth pieceis particularly desirable on telephones of the automatictype on accountof the dial 18 between the base and the mouth piece,the arrangement isequally desirable on telephones of the manual type since there is nointerference in grasping the telephone. The invention is simple but theresults obtained from it are most desirable and greatly enhance theutility of telephone indexes. Heretofore, so far as I am aware, it hasnot been customary to-support the index above the mouth piece.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let-' ters Patent is 1. The combination with a telephone, of astraight back support clamped between the mouth piece and disk thereof,a plurality of HlClGX leaves turnably hung on their upper edges to theupper edge of. said support whereby said leaves may be swung from thefront to the back of saidsupport.

2. The combination with the mouth piece of a telephone and itssupporting disk, of an index support clamped between the said mouthpiece and its disk, said support extending upwardly from the mouthpiece, and a plurality of normally pendent index leaves turlnablysecured to the upper margin of said support. l

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of May,1921.

HILTON a. ALBORNE.

